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Lea diagrammea suivants illustrent la m^thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 NOVA SCOTIA BONDS. The Province of Nova Scotia is about to enter the English Money Market for the sale of her Debentures. It is proper that her resources and financial position should be understood, by those who desire to become purchasers. The area of Nova Scotia is about 19,000 square miles. Its first permanent occupation by British Settlers was in 1749. The population is aow 300,000, having- quintupled within the last 60 years. It has 44 Ports of Entry and Clearance, and many of the finest Harbours in the world, open throughout the year. Nova Scotia owned in 1852, 2943 vessels, me' uring- 189,083 tons. She has nearly one-third as much tonnage as France. She beats the Austrian Empire by 2400 vessels, and by 60,000 tons, and owns 116,000 tons of shipping more than Belgium. She beats the Two Sicilies by 33,449 tons. Prussia, by 90,783 tons. Holland, which once contested the supremacy of the seas with England, now owns but 72,640 tons of shipping more than this thriving Colony ; and Sweden, with a population of three millions, only beats Nova Scotia in shipping by 36,927 tons. The United States of America own but one ton of shipping to every six of their population. Nova Scotia owns two tons for every three of her population.* As an Agricultural country the resources of this Province are very great. She grows more Wheat than any one of 16 of the States and Territories of the Union; more Oats than 13; more Buckwheat than i^ . , more Barley than any State in the Union except Ohio and New York. In the growth of Hay and the produce of the Dairy sh6 esceed? 21, and la Re? Pdtatd StopliSoftWTTnKed States. The Mineral wealth consists of Coal, Iron, Grindstones, and Gypsum in great abundance. The Imports in 1854 were, in sterling, £1,791,082. The Exports, £1,247,668. The number of ships built in that year was 244, including 52,814 tons, and valued at £509,319. Of these 69 were sold for £179,316., which amount should be added to the exports. The Revenue of the Province is £150,000 Currency. The ratio of increase may be gathered from this comparative statement : — 18-') I £110,723 1852 116,298 i8''5« 127,548 1854 150,000 Upon this Revenue there is only a permanent charge of £12,000 Sterling, leaving a clear balance of £113,000 Sterling, with all the Revenue of the public works— which are in course of construction, to meet the interest of her Bonds. Nova Scotia owes no debt abroad, and but £112,000 to her own people, £66,000 of this amount bears an interest of 4 per cent. The balarce, being Province Notes, which form a circulating medium, pays no interest. The Government still own about 4,000,000 acres of Public Lands, which will rapidly rise in value as internal improvements advance. The Debentures iire to be issued under Acts of the Provincial Legislature, * Vide Sir Gaspard Le Marchant's Report to Her Majesty's Government, 1853. assented tc by the Queen, and which cannot be varied or repealed, so as to weaken the security, without the Eoyal Assent. The money borrowed will not, in the whole, exceed £800,000, and the Acts of Parliament limit the annual issue to £200,000, The proceeds will be exclusively expended in the completion of certain public works. These are : — 1. A Eailroad connecting Halifax, the capital of the Province, with Windsor, and the basin of Mines, from whence, by Steamboat, a daily communication will be established with St. John, Portland, and the whole system of American and Canadian Railways. 2. A Railroad connecting- Hahfax with the Pictou Coal Miiies, thereby securing' the export of Coals from that port throughout the year, and drawing to it the trade of Prince Edward Island and of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 3. A Railroad to the New Brunswick frontier, which will ultimately connect with the lines projected through that Province to Canada and the State of Maine. These Roads will form one system, of which sixteen miles will be common trunk for all, and sixty miles will be common to the Trunk and Eastern branch only. Ten miles of the Trunk Une are finished and open for traflSc, yielding £160 per month over working expenses. Thirty-five miles more hai^e been located and put under contract. These roads are being constructed in a most permanent manner, with 63 lb. rails, the same weif;ht as those of the Grand Trunk of Canada, Avith chairs on every sleeper, and the compressed elm side key. The portions already opened will contrast most favourably with any railroad on the Continent of America. The Revenue of Nova Scotia could at any moment be largely increased, as her ad valorem duty on imports is only 6| per cent, while that of Canada is 12| per cent. The Financial Agents for Nova Scotia are Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co., No. S, Bishopsgate, London. Forms of Bond may be seen, and farther informa- tion obtained at their otfice.